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Sayonara is a 1957 American romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan, and starring Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka and Ricardo Montalbán. It tells the story of an American Air Force pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer.
Sayonara: Directed by Joshua Logan. With Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott. A US Air Force major in Kobe confronts his own opposition to marriages between American servicemen and Japanese women when he falls for a beautiful performer.
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- Drama, Romance
- Joshua Logan
- 1957-12-20
Set in 1951 during the Korean War, "Sayonara" is a great film with a great cast. It's a love story and drama that deals directly with prejudice and racism, especially in the years following World War II. The racial prejudice is mostly among the upper classes of both Americans and Japanese, with a focus on the Americans.
Sayonara won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration and Best Sound Recording. Red Buttons, performing in his first dramatic role, and Miyoshi Umeki, a Japanese nightclub singer who marked her American film debut, won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Actress, respectively, for their portrayals of "Joe Kelly" and "Katsumi."
- Joshua Logan, Mike Salamunovich, Ad Schaumer
- Marlon Brando
Montalbán returned to Italy for Desert Warrior (1957), then had his first role in an "A" Hollywood film for a number of years in Sayonara (1957), in which he played a Japanese dancer. He later said, "I was and still am very pleased with my performance and very much saddened by this picture.
Sep 14, 2021 · Sayonara (1957): Marlon Brando and Miiko Taka. Major Lloyd “Ace” Gruver (Marlon Brando) lands on the airbase in Korea and almost immediately gets assigned leave in Kobe. However, this leave has ulterior motives, signed by General Webster (Kent Smith), a friend of his father’s and the father of the pilot’s sometime girlfriend.
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Ricardo Montalban is not up to giving the illusion of being a Japanese theatre star, and two or three other fellows are Hollywood Army officers.On the whole, the musical score of Franz Waxman ...
